Q: Recently, you wrote about replacing a water heater’s drain valve. A friend told us that we should also check the anode rod. Is this worth checking? If so, how do we do that? A: An anode rod is a ...

Every movement has its mascot, an emblem of sorts that represents that movement's purpose. The dragster, for example, with its oversized rear tires, mountainous engine, and long, slender chassis has ...

HOT ROD magazine isn't the same publication that it was 46 years ago. A quick perusal of HOT ROD's January 1949 issue will show the reader how hot rodding has changed. Remember now, in 1949 there was ...

For some, driving a rat rod is the perfect way of transportation. You build it out of what you find in the scrapyard, it looks cool, you get your hands dirty and get high on gasoline fumes every time ...

Will A-Rod take Yankees down with him? Alex Rodriguez’s reputation is in the tank. Will he take the Yankees season down with it? Now that A-Rod has admitted to using banned substances when he was with ...

Hot rods and customs come in an infinite range of shapes, styles and sizes. But of all the T-buckets, highboys and rat rods raising hell on the road, nothing expresses the “function over form” ethos ...

Gen. George S. Patton once opined that "a good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later." He would appreciate what's happening with his namesake tank ...

You have two tank tracks, the cab from a 1947 Mercury 2 ton truck and a Chevrolet Small Block V8 laying around your farm in rural Ontario, Canada, what do you do? Why you build an insane V8-powered ...